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Duke Mu is a good emperor. Why did Lu fail to crack?
Zou Mugong and Mencius were contemporaries, and their reign was about 382-330 BC. He is a wise monarch in Lou (Hou Zou) country, which is praised by the people and future generations except Wen Gong.

According to the records of Zou County Records and Zhou Zhi, during his reign, "Wang Yu did not wear clothes and silks, rode horses and ate straw, and there was no wonder, no arrogance, good food, and no miscellaneous clothes. He carved his body for the people, and the sages set the country and regarded the people as their sons." Therefore, "to govern the country of Zou, the road is not connected, the minister is obedient, and if the hand is convinced." It is precisely because there is such a wise king who widely practices "benevolent politics" that although Zou is a small country, "Lu Wei does not dare to be light, and Qi Chu cannot be dangerous." Among them, Su Yimin is praised by historians for feeding geese with a hairpin, which is recorded in Jia Yi's new book and Liu Xiangxin's preface. At that time, keeping geese was popular all over the country. At first, millet was used as feed, and the cost was extremely high. To this end, Mu Gong ordered that goose must use chaff instead of rice. "So there are no shares in the warehouse, and the price of shares has risen to one stone and two stone meters. In this way, raising geese becomes a loss-making business, so officials object. They said, "It is not expensive to raise geese with rice. Now it is too expensive to exchange two stones of rice for one stone. Let's raise geese with rice. " Mu Gong rebuked him: "You are too ignorant. People raise cattle and farm, work in the hot summer, and dare not be lazy. Is it for birds and animals? Corn is for people to eat, why is it used to raise birds? Besides, you only care about personal interests and don't consider the national plan. The monarch is the parents of the people, and the millet in the national granary should be treated equally with me in people's homes. " When Mu Gong's words reached the people, Zou Min knew that "private property and public property are also integrated", so he worked harder to increase production. For such a monarch who loves his people like a son, the people of the whole country respect him and people in other countries admire him. When Mu Gong died, Zou people cried for three months, as if they had lost their beloved father. People in countries around Zou are very sad. Restaurants don't sell wine, butchers don't sell meat, children don't sing, and there is no music in junior high school. It took months to recover. A wise monarch who loves the people and is so loved by the people like Zou Mugong is rare in China.